1 cup All-Purpose Flour
1 cup Water
2 tsp Cream of Tartar
1/4 cup Salt
1 tbsp Vegetable Oil
Food Coloring
Waxed Paper
In medium saucepan, mix all ingredients. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly. When dough becomes harder to stir and gathers on spoon (about 5 min.) dump onto waxed paper, cool until able to handle and knead 10-15 times until smooth. Store in sealed container, keeps up to two weeks.
Christmas Place Mats
Cut up old greeting cards, glue the artwork onto a piece of construction paper or light cardboard, and cover it with clear contact paper. You can also have your child cut his or her gift wishes from a catalog or magazine and glue them onto paper to make a wish-list place mat.